Paw Trail #223: 7x7 Path Puzzle (Hard)
hardDrag from 1 to 8 — fill every square
A 7x7 path puzzle: visit every square exactly once, hit the numbers 1 to 8 in order, and never cross a wall.
- Draw one path that moves up, down, left or right.
- Pass through every square exactly once.
- Visit the numbers in order, starting on 1 and ending on 8.
- You can’t cross a wall. Drag back (or tap an earlier square) to undo.
The route, square by square
Squares are written as R<row>C<column>, counting from the top-left.
R1C3 → R2C3 → R2C2 → R1C2 → R1C1 → R2C1 → R3C1 → R4C1 → R5C1 → R6C1 → R6C2 → R5C2 → R4C2 → R3C2 → R3C3 → R3C4 → R3C5 → R4C5 → R4C6 → R3C6 → R2C6 → R2C5 → R2C4 → R1C4 → R1C5 → R1C6 → R1C7 → R2C7 → R3C7 → R4C7 → R5C7 → R5C6 → R5C5 → R5C4 → R4C4 → R4C3 → R5C3 → R6C3 → R6C4 → R6C5 → R6C6 → R6C7 → R7C7 → R7C6 → R7C5 → R7C4 → R7C3 → R7C2 → R7C1
About this puzzle
This 7×7 grid has 8 numbers and 6 walls, and exactly one route fits all of them. The path starts at R1C3 and finishes at R7C1.
Squares with a single open neighbor must be the end of the path, so check whether that is the last number or something is wrong earlier on.
Every puzzle on this site has exactly one solution. If two routes both look possible, one of them will leave a square stranded later on.